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Do you want to stay scooter style or road bike or trail bike? A trail bike might be fun and more versatile as long as you don't become Pooh Bear's lunch. 4 stroke is less faff for fuel but 2 stroke smoke in the pine forest smells nice. So many decisions but you seem to have fewer choices unless you go main dealer delivered.
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All true.
I'm sticking with 4 stroke, from what I understand it's less polluting than 2 (except for maybe Vespas eye wateringly $$$ one that they don't build anymore).
The Honda CT 125 looks great to me as do classic Vespas (I understand they're worlds apart, but there it is). I won't be taking it out of town so no need for highway speed capabilities.
withered_preacher
Thanks for the responses everyone!
@skinny The Hondas are meant to hit up to 60, so I think 50 would be attainable. People mention having more in the tank in order to get yourself out of trouble but I ride bicycles on these same roads and certainly don’t have that level of speed available to me! The ‘buy cheap’ advice totally makes sense, I don’t always follow wise words though.
@pdlouche I don’t want an ebike, partly for aesthetic reasons and partly because I want to get close to road speeds on something that was designed to go that fast, and partly because of lack of decent after sales care around here - the tech still surpasses the mechanical and electrical skills.
@DethBeard Motorcycles require a class 6 around here (anything above 50cc) and that entails a written course, classroom time and driving test. There are costs involved, not much, but I’m not doing that yet. The licensing body is also currently on strike, though that may be resolved soon.
@Tom13 Kind of my thoughts, but I’d like to start out slow…
@Constable_Savage Also what I’m thinking, but being in the middle of a sparsely populated country with sort of brutal winters negates anything approaching deals no matter the time of year. You may laugh, but my end game is max 200cc, maybe even as low as 125cc.